(((shadowplay)))

Tighten the noose in the back of my mind.

First off, a couple of new items involving Control, the Joy Division movie:

• Someone else actually had the rights to Deborah Curtis's book, Touching from a Distance, but let the option lapse, allowing the current team to start up. Amy Hobby had the rights, and had Moby on board as music supervisor, and they continued working after the option lapsed, but have apparently since decided to can the idea. Interesting.


• Sam Riley, who is playing Ian Curtis in the movie, was the guy who played Mark E. Smith in 24 Hour Party People, and originally tried out for the part of Steven Morris (and he actually looks a little more like Morris than Curtis).


• There are apparently going to be two soundtracks -- one with Joy Division (and I'm assuming the New Order versions) songs, and one made up of covers of Joy Division songs. And here's the thing: "The following bands have reportedly been approached to feature on "Out Of Control" - a CD of cover versions to accompany the film ... U2, Marilyn Manson, Kraftwerk, and Doves. Only Kraftwerk are reported to have said no." Another quote says that "The Smiths" were asked to do a song, and that they had said yes. The Smiths? So Morrissey's going to do "Heart and Soul", and Marr's going to do "Leaders of Men"?


• Apparently portions of the movie are going to essentially be music videos akin to Corbijn's "Atmosphere" video.

In unrelated news, I'm doing a meme. Here was the assignment: "Do a Wikipedia search of your birth date, minus the year; list three interesting events, three people who were born, and three people who died on that day."

Done.

Events:
1859 - Joshua A. Norton declares himself Emperor Norton I of the United States.
1862 - American Civil War: George McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in the Battle of Antietam.
1991 - The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.

Births:
1923 - Hank Williams, country singer
1935 - Ken Kesey, author
1985 - Alexander Ovechkin, Russian hockey player (Washington Capitals)

Deaths:
1179 - Hildegard of Bingen, German abbess, mystic writer, and composer
1996 - Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the US
1997 - Red Skelton, American actor and comedian

I was born on the anniversary of the beginning of Emperor Norton's rule!

posted by Bill @ 11:31 AM